A Class A uniform signals death to families on overseas bases

Evidence

But the truth is inescapable. Usually, Rogers told me, the notification team pulls up to a family’s home in a dark SUV. They try to be inconspicuous, but the sight of a notification team turns heads in every direction on base. There are pretty much just two occasions when a soldier wears a “Class A” dress uniform: having official photographs taken and participating in a death notification team. So when a spouse or another family member sees a group of soldiers in Class A’s approaching, on base or off, it can mean only one thing. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 468

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Broader Connections

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